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= Bloominglabs Annual Meeting 2020 =

'''Attendees (@ [timestamp]):'''

'''Notes:'''

'''Consensus refresher:'''

No “nos”, or full, positive agreement

Example: Membership emails

When emails go out, people are asked if they disapprove of the membership. If they don’t, the member is approved. This counts as consensus.

'''Membership refresher:'''

Members can join through attending 3 public nights and then applying

Workshop attendance can also count for this number.

== 2019 Year In Review ==

'''————————–''' '''Financial review''' '''————————–'''

Treasurer’s report

'''————————–''' '''State of the Space''' '''————————–'''

What’s (who’s) working

* Members!
* Outreach

What’s not/didn’t

* Wild Apricot
* Email?

'''————————–''' '''Workshop overview''' '''————————–'''

* Machine Knitting
* Banneker Center
* Scribblebots
* Sustainabarrels: Plant towers
* Book binding

'''————————–''' '''Makevention''' '''————————–'''

* More workshops!
* More exhibitors!
* Questions about consolidation of IU sponsorships

'''————————–''' '''Fundraising''' '''————————–'''

CFBMC Grant: rejected, but “really strong”

'''————————–''' '''Elections''' '''————————–'''

Voting members: 38 Quorum: 10

President: Dan Treasurer: Julia Secretary: Tobias At-large: Rebeca (focus: finance) At-large: Cameron (focus: ops, safety/security)

'''————————–''' '''Bylaws''' '''————————–'''

''No new proposals''

== 2020: The Year Ahead ==

'''————————–''' '''Fiery start''' '''————————–'''

* Rebuild
* Regroup (possibly move CLEAN craft room)
* Refocus (on safety training and communication)

'''————————–''' '''Finances''' '''————————–'''

* Splitting treasurer duties
* CPA discussions
* Do we want to ask local businesses to sponsor areas of Bloominglabs?
** If so, which/which?
* Informal commit from pro grant writers

'''————————–''' **Bloominglabs (qua Bloominglabs) 10th Anniversary*- '''————————–'''

Let’s throw a serious shindig

'''————————–''' '''Operations''' '''————————–'''

'''Computing Infrastructure'''

'''Lighting'''

'''Signs!'''

'''Tools/other stuff we don’t need'''

'''Next tools'''

'''————————–''' '''General''' '''————————–'''

'''Project Entropy'''

'''Crafting Location'''

DAKMH Proposes: Current Lounge

'''Storage Location'''

DAKMH Proposes: Current Crafting

'''Kitchen'''

* There’s yet another group that’s interested in it in the event that we’re not using it
* Question: Are we using the kitchen enough to justify the cost of the kitchen?
** Various pros &amp; cons to the argument, but there’s a general need to see how much we use it
* Equivalently $500/year or $60 a month
* Would be a need for a private meeting space in the event that we dropped the kitchen from